Ear-agitating guide for corn-huskers.



PTENTED AUG.. 18, 1903.

J. V, ROSS. EAR AGITATING GUIDE FOR GORN HUSKERS.

APPLIOATIQN PILED DEO. 20. 1902.

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UNITED STATES Patented August 18, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

EAR-AGITATING GUIDE FOR CORN-HUSKERS.

SPECIFICATION formng part of Letters Patent No. 736,'785, datecl August 18, 1903. Application filed December 20, 1902. Serial No. 135,958. (Ne model.)

TO tZZ whom it may cqncern:

Be it known that I, JOSHUA V. BOSS, a citizen of the United States, residing in Jackson township, in the county of Boone and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ear-Agitating Guides for Corn- Huskers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the in- Vention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to the types of machines for husking corn that contain inclined husking-rolls; and the invention has particular reference to guidesand distributers for the ears of corn that are to be husked by the rolls.

The object of the invention is to provide cheap improved devices-that may be applied to the various patterns of huskers, whereby the ears of corn may be distributed properly upon the husking-rolls, so as to obtain the best results and also be prevented from rolling entirely from the rolls unhusked.

My invention consists of a movablertop guide for the ears and movable side guides for the ears adapted to form channels,together with the rolls, to prevent the ears from crossing over from one to another pair of rolls; and it consists also in movable distributing-fingers for Operating at the upper ends of the husking-rolls; and the invention consists, further, in the novel parts and in the novel combination' and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter particularly described and claimed.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a fragmentary longitudinal vertical sectional View of a husking and shredding machine which serves to illustrate the connection and functions of my improvements with respect to the husking-rolls, portions of the invention being shown in side elevations and portions in central section; Fig. 2, a transverse vertical sectional View of the top guide and the side guides and parts of the Operating devices therefor; Fig. 3, a fragmentary side elevation of the husker and the inveution applied thereto 5 Fig. 4:, a fragmentary transverse vertical sectioual view of the husker, showingthe inventionin connection therewith; Fig. 5, a perspective View of the shaft and actuating-arms for the top-guide and side-guide bars and the fingers; Fig. 6, a fragmentary rear end view showing the top guide and the guide-bars and the supports for the rear or lower ends thereof; Fig. 7, a top plan View of the top guide and the distributingfingers and also the pivot-blocks on the top guide; and Fig. S, a bottom plan View of the top guide and the side guides and the distributing-fingers attached thereto, showing also the pivot-blocks of the top guide.

Similar reference characters designate corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings.

In practically carrying out my invention I may construct the same so that the several parts may be adapted to the various patterns of husking-machines now in use as I have applied the devices substantially as shown, and I may constructa whole husking-machine in which my improvements may be included.

In the drawings, for the purpose ot' illustration, a and b designate horizontal frametimbers of the husker; d, the feed-board; e e', the snapping-rolls; f, the fodder-shredder that may be employed in such machines; g and h, supports for the husking-rolls; i i, journal-boxes for the husking-rolls; j, the inclined guideway for the cars, and 75 a rotative shaft, which may be found in some machines or may be supplied, for transmitting motion to the top guide and guide-bars, &a Usually suitable posts Z may be found in such machines, or they may be supplied for the purpose of my invention.

Asuitable number of pairs of inclined husking-rolls are employed, as A A' A A A A A A each pair being spaced a suitable distance apart, and, as will be understood, one roll of each pair should be supported in movable bearings. Myinvention coperates with such series of rolls.

For supporting the forward portions of the movable top and side guides I provide a pair of brackets B, each having a pivot C or C' and adapted to be, Secured to the timbers b or to other suitable parts of the machineframe, the brackets preferably having slots m, throughwhichsecuring-boltsnextend. Links D D' are mounted on the pivots and depend therefrom, and, if desired, the links may obviously be extensible.

For actuating the guides and the fingers IOO combined arms and links G G' are adjustably Secured thereto, as by means of set-screws 19, each arm having a slot H at the (lower) end thereof, the arm depending from its shaft at one side of the machine. The lower end s of each slot is designed as a pivot-hearing.

The top guide I is in the form of a slab or a plate and may be composed of either Wood or metal. It is designed to extend above the husking-rolls and entirely across and beyond the series and approximately three-fourths of the lengths of the rolls. The under side of the guide as first formed is a plane, so that the guide serves all of the pairs of rolls. Blocks J J having pivots rr, are attached to the forward or upper end of the guide, and 'the pivots are connected to the links D D', Whereby the forward end of the guide is supported as a swinging member. The blocks may be connected together by a bar, if desired. Blocks K K', having pivots t, are attached to the rear or lower end of the guide I, the pivots projectin g through the slots H, and they may move up and down in the slots. The side guides L L' L L L are formed as bars' or ribs attached to the under side of the top guide, so as to be carried and operated thereby and to exteud longitudinally or parallel With the rolls, a guide between each two pairs of rolls and in some cases a guide at the outer sides of the series of rolls. Distributing-fingers u extend forwardly from the upper ends of the side guides, and they are usually formed integrallyvtherewith, projecting beyond the forward or upper end of the top guide.

Rests M M are provided for normally supporting the rear or lower end of the top guide, and they may be formed as brackets secured to the posts Z, or they may be otherwise formed and supported, so that the guide may slide thereon, and obviously roller-bearings may be employed advantageously, if desired.

The shaft F is provided with an arm N, having pivot-pin holes 'u near its end, the arm being adjustably secured to the shaft, as by a set-screw w. The arm maybe operated by various means, and for this purpose a crauk O, having a pin P, may be Secured to a suitable rotative shaft, as the shaft lo, the pin being connected by a pitmau Q, which is connected by a wrist-pin R to the arm N, the pitman having a suitable number of pivotingholes y for adjustment of the length thereof.

In some cases the top guide I may be provided with a guard Y, extending upwardly across the forward or upper end thereof for preventing the ears from crowding'over the top of the guide.

In practical use the ears of corn, as will' be understood, will be conveyed to or dropped `rise-above the others being leveled to the others, so that they will all work evenly down along the tops of the rolls, being kept down in their proper channels by the top and side guides. In" the operation the guides may assume the positions shown in Fig. 1 in full and dotted lines and also the positions shown in Fig. 3. As the top guide moves downwardly the guide will normally move upon the rests until, if the adjustments be suitably made,

the bearings s may engage the pivots t and i cause the top guide to rise from the rests as it moves onward in its path, the combined arms and links G G' actuating the guides, as

well as lifting the lower ends toward the downward ends of their strokes; It will thus be seen that the fingers u may be caused to' rise and fall,whi1e having rec'iprocatory movements, depending iu degree uponthe positions of the pivots C C', and that the lower ends of the guides may have similar movements, rising when the upper ends fall, and

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Vice versa, depending in degree upon the' angular adjustnents of the arms G G' and the positions of the bearings E E', as well as the positions of the rests M M'. The ears will be worked along the tops of the rolls, one following another endwise, and will be husked in the usual manner, the work being most thoroughly performed because of the guidance by the top and the side guides.

Having thus described the inventiou, what I claim is-- 1. A husking-machine including inclined husking-rolls, a movable top guide provided with distributing-fingers projecting from the upper end thereof and having side guides extending rearwardly from the fingers, all cooperating with the husking-rolls, and means supporting the top guide in varying planes above the husking-rolls.

2. A husking-machine including inclined husking-rolls, an inclined movable top guide comprising a slab having pivots, side guides comprising ribs at the under side of the top guide carried thereby, distributing-fingers extending beyond the upper end of the top guide in alinement with the side guides, all coperating with the husking-rolls, and links connected with the pivots and supported by the machine-frame.

3. A husking-machine including inclined husking-rolls, a movable top guide provided with rig'id distributing fingers projecting therefron and having side guides attached rigidly thereto and integral with the fingers, all coperating with the husking-rolis, and means whereby the top guide maybe supported and reciprocated.

4. A husking-machine including a frame provided with rests, inclined huskingrolls mounted in the frame, an inclined top guide having its lower end mounted-slidingly on the rests, means supporting the upper end of the top guide, means Whereby the top guide may be reciprocated, side guides Secured to the under side of the top guide, and distributingfingers rigidly attached to the side guides and projecting beyond the top guide.

5. A husking machine including inclined husking-rolls, a movable top guide above the rolls, side guides attached-to the top guide,

ing-fingers-projecting beyond the top guide,

supports for the top guide, and means whereby the top guide may be moved longitudinally of the rolls and also vertically at its` ends. i

7. A huskingmachine including inclined husking-rolls, combined top and side guides comprising a plateor slabhavjngribsattached to the under side thereof and extending as distributing-fingers beyond one edge thereof, two pairs of pivots connected to the plate, a pair of links connected to one pair of the pivots and supported by the machine-frame, a pair of combined arms and slotted links connected with theother pair of pivots whereby the top and side guides may be moved and iifted, a shaft mounted in the machine-frame and supporting the combined armsandlinks, rests supporting the lower end of the plate when not lifted by the combined arms and links, an Operating-arm attached to the shaft, a pitman connected to the Operating-arm, and

means whereby the pitman may be operatcd.

8. In a husking-machine, the combination top and side guides and distributing-fingers operative simultaneously and comprising a plate or slab, ribs attached to the under side of the plate or slab and extendingbeyondone end thereoftorming the distributing-fingers, and a guard eXtending across the' plate or slab above the bases of the distributing-fingers, means whereby the plate orslab may be supported movably, and means wherebythe plate or slab maybe moved longitudinally and at the same time lifted atone end thereof,`

WM. HLPAYNE, E. T. SILvIUs. 

